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Mindful eating predicts lower body mass index among university students

Background and Objective: The hectic life of university students may contribute to mindless eating and eventually may lead to obesity. Previous studies suggested that adopting mindful eating practice has a positive influence on eating habit modification and obesity rate reduction. Hence, this study...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Salwani, Sidek, Suriati, Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda, Mohd. Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie, Irfan Unal, Tubanur
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RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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spelling my.iium.irep.749842019-10-29T07:12:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/74984/ Mindful eating predicts lower body mass index among university students Ahmad, Salwani Sidek, Suriati Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Mohd. Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Irfan Unal, Tubanur RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Background and Objective: The hectic life of university students may contribute to mindless eating and eventually may lead to obesity. Previous studies suggested that adopting mindful eating practice has a positive influence on eating habit modification and obesity rate reduction. Hence, this study aimed to assess the role of mindful eating practice and health attitudes in predicting the body mass index (BMI) of university students. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 university students at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Participants’ weight and height were measured and they were required to complete the Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ) and Health Attitude Scale (HAS). Results: The mean body mass index (BMI) of participants was 22.53±4.00 kg m–2. The highest mean reported for the mindful eating practice subscale is the awareness subscale (mean = 2.7852±0.475). The results showed that a higher MEQ score predicted a lower BMI (p<0.05) and this explained 2% of the variance in BMI. However, BMI was not predicted by health attitudes. Conclusion: The results suggested that the concept of mindfulness has a positive impact on body weight, which could be incorporated into weight loss and weight maintenance intervention programmes. Asian Network for Scientific Information 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74984/7/74984%20Mindful%20Eating%20Practice%20Predicts.pdf Ahmad, Salwani and Sidek, Suriati and Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda and Mohd. Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie and Irfan Unal, Tubanur (2019) Mindful eating predicts lower body mass index among university students. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 18 (10). pp. 977-982. ISSN 1680-5194 E-ISSN 1994-7984 http://docsdrive.com/pdfs/ansinet/pjn/2019/977-982.pdf 10.3923/pjn.2019.977.982
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topic RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
spellingShingle RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Ahmad, Salwani
Sidek, Suriati
Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda
Mohd. Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie
Irfan Unal, Tubanur
Mindful eating predicts lower body mass index among university students
description Background and Objective: The hectic life of university students may contribute to mindless eating and eventually may lead to obesity. Previous studies suggested that adopting mindful eating practice has a positive influence on eating habit modification and obesity rate reduction. Hence, this study aimed to assess the role of mindful eating practice and health attitudes in predicting the body mass index (BMI) of university students. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 university students at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Participants’ weight and height were measured and they were required to complete the Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ) and Health Attitude Scale (HAS). Results: The mean body mass index (BMI) of participants was 22.53±4.00 kg m–2. The highest mean reported for the mindful eating practice subscale is the awareness subscale (mean = 2.7852±0.475). The results showed that a higher MEQ score predicted a lower BMI (p<0.05) and this explained 2% of the variance in BMI. However, BMI was not predicted by health attitudes. Conclusion: The results suggested that the concept of mindfulness has a positive impact on body weight, which could be incorporated into weight loss and weight maintenance intervention programmes.
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author Ahmad, Salwani
Sidek, Suriati
Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda
Mohd. Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie
Irfan Unal, Tubanur
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Sidek, Suriati
Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda
Mohd. Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie
Irfan Unal, Tubanur
author_sort Ahmad, Salwani
title Mindful eating predicts lower body mass index among university students
title_short Mindful eating predicts lower body mass index among university students
title_full Mindful eating predicts lower body mass index among university students
title_fullStr Mindful eating predicts lower body mass index among university students
title_full_unstemmed Mindful eating predicts lower body mass index among university students
title_sort mindful eating predicts lower body mass index among university students
publisher Asian Network for Scientific Information
publishDate 2019
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